Side note, I am pretty close to having all of the qualifying contests updated, the qualified pilots list updated, etc. I need to get a refresh of the team program entrants from the AMA, hope to have that today, then I'll post an email here letting folks know the lists are current and if there are omissions/errors shoot me an email kind of deal.

Say for example, Joe W didn't qualify for the next team from New Zealand. But as the defending individual champ he could still compete in the next WC for the individual title, even though his scores wouldn't count as part of the 3-man NZ team?

The way it works for F3J, and assume it would be the same for F3K, is: The defending World Champs (should they be from team USA), have the choice of either going back as the defending World Champ, or they may try out for the USA team. If they go back as defending champ, then they are not considered part of team USA for scoring purposes. The USA team score would be composed of just the scores of the actual three member team.

As Ryan pointed out; The US is sending 5 senior pilots to the F3J World champs in South Africa. We have the three man team plus Daryl as defending World Champion and Brendon who won the World Champs last time as a junior but is returning as a senior to defend the title. The scores from Daryl and Brendon will not count towards team USA's scores.

Say for example, Joe W didn't qualify for the next team from New Zealand. But as the defending individual champ he could still compete in the next WC for the individual title, even though his scores wouldn't count as part of the 3-man NZ team?